Dwellings.	Numerical.				Percentage Proportion specified.
	1861.	1870.	1881.	1891.	1861.	1870.	1881.	1891.
Dwellings per square mile	0.67	0.69	0.83	1.07
Persons per dwelling	5.12	5.50	5.26	5.23
Occupancy—
Occupied	17,566	18,048	21,858	28,024	94.48	88.64	92.90	94.04
Unoccupied	944	2,146	1,533	1,588	5.08	10.53	6.52	5.33
Being built	83	170	138	189	0.44	0.83	0.58	0.63
TOTAL	18,593	20,364	23,529	29,801	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Increase of Inhabited houses since previous Census	3,293	482	3,810	6,166	23.01	2.75	21.11	28.21
Description—
Brick and stone	7,417	7,844	7,672	8,452	39.89	38.52	33.51	28.65
Wood, iron, &c.	11,176	12,421	14,041	19,231	60.11	61.48	61.35	65.21
Canvas, bark huts, &c.			1,177	1,809			5.14	6.14
Total specified	18,593	20,265	22,890	29,492	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Unspecified			639	309
TOTAL	18,593	20,265	23,529	29,801
Rooms—Dwellings having—
One room			1,490	2,469			6.61	8.38
Two rooms			4,674	4,092			20.74	13.87
Three and four rooms			8,431	11,627			37.42	39.43
Five and six rooms			3,981	5,880			17.68	19.95
Over six rooms			3,954	5,413			17.55	18.37
Total specified			22,530	29,481			100.00	100.00
Unspecified			999	320
TOTAL			23,529	29,801
Rental—
Under £10				11,128				39.05
£10 to £20				7,541				26.46
£20 to £40				6,673				23.42
£40 to £75				2,344				8.23
£75 to £100				348				1.22
Over £100				460				1.62
Total specified				28,494				100.00
Unspecified				1,307
TOTAL				29,801
Persons living in—
Houses			110,368	141,627			95.39	96.58
Huts			2,405	1,391			2.08	0.95
Tents			484	2,334			0.42	1.59
Ships			697	1,103			0.60	0.75
Camping out			81	137			0.07	0.08
Unspecified			1,670	75			1.44	0.05
TOTAL			115,705	146,667			100.00	100.00